With their seasons building to final state competitions, county supremacy will be on the line this week.

Wrestling kicks things off Tuesday night in Grovetown with the Columbia County Duals followed by swimming’s Columbia County Championships Thursday at the Augusta Aquatic Center.

The wrestlers have faced each other throughout the year, but bragging rights are on the line and the tension should be ratcheted up a notch. It will be a good test for each squad as they get ready for the two-day Region 2-AAAAA traditional meet which begins Jan. 30 at Northside-Warner Robins.

Without dynamic playmaker Kennedi Kyzer, who recently moved out of state and with center Emily Roberson in early foul trouble, the Augusta Christian Lady Lions couldn’t stay with Cardinal Newman Tuesday night.

The Lady Lions trailed just 9-5 after one quarter, but were outscored 22-9 in the second quarter and the Lady Cardinals rolled to the 60-34 win.

Barring any developments between the rezoning meeting at Greenbrier High School on Tuesday and the Columbia County Board of Education vote on Jan. 27, up to 200 Greenbrier students will be heading to Lakeside for the 2015-16 school year.

How will that affect the Wolfpack athletic program, which has brought home two state championships in the past year while being perennial contenders in others?

Wolfpack athletic director and 2014 state championship-winning softball coach Garrett Black, who has been at the school since day 1, is adopting a wait-and-see stance.

The WJBF Football Friday Night / Carolina Panthers All-CSRA Award Show was held Wednesday night and four players from Columbia County were among those honored. This is easily the most exclusive All-Area team for players in the CSRA with only one player from each position selected for the team out of over 60 area high school programs. That means a total of 26 players make the cut of the more than 4,000 players who play prep football in the CSRA. Each player selected to the team receives an All-CSRA Team “Championship-Style” ring from Jostens.

The South Carolina players waited to storm the field. Their coaches whirled their arms around in a circle, signaling a moving clock and pleading for the big one on the scoreboard to move. After stopping Georgia quarterback Matlin Marshall, of Evans, around the 1, the clock stopped at 5.8 seconds for a few moments before it continued and ran out to give South Carolina a 12-8 win at Border Bowl II on Saturday at Lucy C. Laney Memorial Stadium.